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I think that the sentancing is what I ulitmately expected; and I am positive that I am not alone in proclaiming “I told ya so”. That said, what has been made clear to me is that many people don’t actually understand how he broke the law. I assure you he did and should be sentanced accordingly. I can’t say for sure I would or would not be given 2 or 8 years or some variation in between. I just don’t know.

Am I the only person who was absolutely sickened by this person’s arrogance after the sentencing? The judge tells the court that his people in the seante whose advice he took, prostituted themselves to him while kissing his ring.
The judge goes on to tell this felon that what he did was positively wrong. Does this egomanic even hear it? Nope. The camera whore that he is continues to tell us he is the knight in armor we should all be grateful for.
To those of you who see this trash bucket for the fraud he is, I applaud you. To the rest of you who say things like … “look at what he did, etc” .. Wake up people.
A bronze bust at the airport is in the wrong place. it should be outside wherre the pigeons can use it as their toilet. The stadium? Who gets a place like that named after them while alive?
SMUG. Yes, Supreme Maggot, Ugly Guy. SMUG!
2 years? This bum, if you read it right, was guilty of all 8 charges. Unfortunately the jury, like other weak people, bought the bill of goods and drank the kool aid.
If he was at that consulting place long enough, it probably would’ve been named Bruno and Associates. Maybe someone should ask those people how they felt about his presence?

I can not believe what this state has come to!!! We have a governor who intentionaly breaks the law…His possee are all criminals who beat up their woman & our GOVERNOR calls her to get her to drop the charges….nice…our legislature skipped town…after 3 days work… now they are taking money from the poorest state works…yes most eligable furloughed only make 40,000 a year and 20% will effect them greatly….thanks GOV…I am so ASHAMED to be a new yorker. NOW we persicute the one man who has made a difference in the Capital Region and beyond Joe Bruno, is a great man and we to honor all his good deeds he accomplished in this state instead some of you bash him like you have never done a questionable act in your life. Everyone makes decisions based on your legal team. I know for a fact that Joe has integrity and really believed he was not breaking the law. I hope this all ends in June with fair results, because i think the supreme court will vindicate our Joe. I love ya Joe and behind you all the way. Albany is falling apart without you.

Let’s stop fooling ourselves. “Justice” is simply another commodity — the more money/influence you have, the more you can buy. Uncle Joe will probably spend the next 2 yrs working on his backhand at some minimal-security country club.

Glad to see ol’ Joe got some prison time. Do I think he’ll ever see theinside of a prison? No–either the law will be overturned or his lawyers will delay, delay until he dies. Is his conviction and sentence a deterent to his former colleagues? No–while NY State is rotting away, the Albany politicians are too busy lining their pockets to even pay much attention. Joe Bruno is a poster boy for the career politician who never worries about being defeated. He should be the poster boy for term limits!

For 14 years Bruno did many things for the Capital Region. It’s a matter of record. However, now with the exposure of his undercover criminal activity, we know that he is not an honest person. So, EVERYTHING he did FOR US was really FOR HIM; and NOTHING he did for us can be of ANY GOOD; because “…every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.” Now we know -For 14 years Bruno did many things -TO- the Capital Region; not -FOR- us!

And #13, I would be wary of ANY “community service” he might involuntarily or voluntarily do for us. Community service? How is that going to affect the conscience of other malfeasant government officials? Now a sentence of two years for a crime with a maximum sentence of 8; and a fine of only $280,000 for ‘visible’ payoffs of nearly a million; -also a penalty that’ll hardly keep them honest.

How pathetic that this man sees no wrong in what he has done. This speaks volumes for why we are where we are in this state and country. GREED..PERSONAL GAIN…HUBRIS…etc…It is one of the oldest tales in history. Bruno may not be a cause but he is damn sure a symptom of the sad state of affairs we are in today. Let his sentence be a lesson to all those others who may be inolved in similar things. NO MORE!!!!!

A two year sentence to a man that has done so many good things for the state is unjustified.

What about all of the high paid bank executives that have made thousands because of the government bailout? In my opinion, that is a crime.

So many bad things are happening all around us. Did Spitzer serve time for his wrong doing? Sweeney spent a few days for driving under the influence…He could have killed an innocent victim in his drunken stupor…..Two years for this man is over the top. shame on our justice system…

I’m sick to death of people saying, “yeah, but he’s old and has done so much for the communities – blah, blah, blah.” Really?

So, what if a rapist is up for trial and he happens to be a pillar of society and has done more for the common good then…we let it go?

Really? Do the crime, do the time.

So, now all the pols need to remember is hide everything because if somebody finds out, if you’re old you’re off the hook.

It’s at that point I think that this country is no better than all those old countries that are so rampant with corruption and nothing is done to change it. And we shake our heads and think “how can anyone live under that sort of government?”

To Babe,
No one is saying everything he did was bad. The problem is, and this is true of many elected officials is that they feel they are above the law. While he may have only been convicted of a “vague” law anyone who thinks he was totally honest in his business dealings needs a reality check. The lack of any real checks and balances when it comes to political ethics is a serious issue which needs (somehow) to be addressed.

Joe was jealous of Shelly Silver and his shakedown bonanza. Now lets ask Shelly what he does for that million dollars a year he gets from the personal injury law firm. OH can’t ask him cause he is a lawyer! That 1 million makes sure there is no tort reform in NY. Fairness is jail for Silver.

It’s a shame that Bruno-the-crook can’t be stripped of his pension. This is an area of justice the Legislature should reform. Any state employee, including elected officials, should have his pension revoked if convicted of a job-related felony, like Bruno.

It’s unlikely that the Legislature would do this, however, because so many of them would be at risk of losing theirs. That’s how crooked and self-serving most of them are. If they weren’t afraid to make a reform like that, they’d make it.

Joe’s court house rant stated he just wanted to serve the public. I live in his former district and would like to ask Joe how running unopposed, entering into agreement with democrats not to mount a candidate, several times, is an act of public service? None of these scam artists on the local, state or federal level deserve a vote of confidence, but rather deserve jail terms much longer than two years. By the way, stories of insider trading by members of CONGRESS and that they will not vote to end the practice http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/478701/Congress-Refuses-to-Outlaw-Insider-Trading-For-Lawmakers and that then member of the House Kirsten Gillibrand’s husband “made a large number of bearish bets against housing stocks while the real-estate market was collapsing” according to an analysis of congressional disclosure reports http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/gilly_hubby_crash_cow_stWLar7bLZIwlBCWJEGiOJ lay further waste to their collective Public Service claims. The only thing more appalling is that the mainstream media expects us to believe it too serves the interest of the people. Just take a look at their parent corporations and the agendas behind the stories they post. ALBANY MEDIA TAKE NOTE! All outlets are like a screen door in our collective submarine touting that at least they keep the fish out as our lung take on the ocean. Let’s see how far this comment makes it. My last post criticizing a sacred TU cow from a month ago is still “Awaiting Moderation.”

This is appalling that Joe Bruno only got two years. Everyone knew for years how dishonest he is. They finally convict the sob and he only gets two years and on top of that the moron shows no remorse? I am sick of all the crooked politicians. He can lie to the public and he can lie in court but when he has to answer to God, his lies won’t help him out! He’s 81 years old, he doesn’t have that many years left, I only hope that he spends the two years in prison that he was sentenced to. Anyone who thinks he is a good man is on the same level as him and that is not something to be proud of.

What the Bruno apologists fail to understand is that all of the wonderful things he supposedly did for this area was with other people’s money, namely yours and mine. Do they care to acknowledge that he, along with Silver, Pataki, Spitzer, et al. are directly responsible for the dire fiscal straits this state finds itself in? Any jobs AMD (an absolute loser of a company) brings to this area are dwarfed by the tens of thousands of jobs this state has hemmorhaged over the past decade through a toxic mix of reckless spending, exorbitant taxes, and kowtowing to special interests. Thanks Joe.

Joe Bruno took taxpayer’s money and gave it all to my family’s business. We hired some local people, fired a few and got very rich. We also let him use our corporate jet, gave him free vacations and then there were the “dancers”.

He gave us millions, we took it, and we hired a few people RIGHT HERE IN TROY. He should be sainted. Call the Pope and see if this can happen soon. The Pope likes to make saints of people who grew up POOR like Joe Bruno and became brilliant leaders. Because of Joe Bruno we made millions and we hired a few local people TO WORK in JOBS. Thank You, Saint Joe.

It’s official: Malta’s chip fab plant to be ran by The Foundry. A massive chip fab plant is another step closer to getting built in Malta more jobs.Creating economic development opportunities and jobs was always part of the entrepreneurial spirit that drove Joe in private industry,and with May of 2010 and the FUBAR empire state of NY i can only hope that another if have to be dihonest person will bring jobs and industry ideas, or hell lets just be honest and hang the sign CLOSED….NYS…iloveny

I’m a conservative and I believe that Bruno got what he deserved . This state has one of the most dysfunctional and corrupt governments in the USA . He played a big part in creating this boondoggle . Let’s hope they get his cohort …… ” Our Royal King “…. Sheldon Silver . As hard working NYS taxpayers whether we are conservative , liberal or moderate we have to come together in November and vote these bastards out of office . ” Three Men in a Room ” has got to stop ! We need a government that represents those of us who work our asses off and pay taxes that are being wasted on corrupt ” Spread the wealth ” government programs ” !

The judge missed a big opportunity. Should have thrown the whole book at him not just a page. Go ahead and check out all of them. You can believe he is not the only one. Our NYS Government should all go to prison.

I dont know much about politics or what he did wrong. All I can say is that joe Bruno helped me out a long time ago. He probably wouldnt remember it or even speaking to me on the phone, but I called his office quite a few years ago and told him How my hussband was waiting for about 8 wks because we had yet to receive his unemployment checks. We were broke. I called his office and told him about the run around we were getting from the unemployment office. He called them and then called me back right after he made his phone call to them and told me if I didnt get a check in the mail the next day, to call him back and let him know. I never had to call him again.I had 2 checks in my mailbox the next day. All I can say is Thankyou Mr. Bruno for your help.